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Barbara Walters and Elisabeth Hasselbeck share a hug backstage before heading onto the set for the opening of the 14th season of The View. Walters returned to the job on Tuesday after being off for several months for heart surgery.

President Obama joins the co-hosts of The View on Wednesday in New York, for airing today: Whoopi Goldberg, left, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck reads The Giverbacker Parade to local school children at the Scholastic Parent & Child's Family of the Year event at Scholastic Flagship Store, Tuesday, in New York City.

Actress Vanessa Redgrave, center, speaks with co-hosts, from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck during a taping of the daytime talk show The View on Thursday.

Redgrave spoke about the recent death of her sister Lynn Redgrave, the death of her daughter Natasha Richardson in 2009 and her relationship with her husband Franco Nero whom she stars opposite in the new film Letters to Juliet.

Tom Cruise participates in a group hug on The View Thursday in New York.

He spoke about the death of Jett Travolta, the son of his longtime friend and fellow Scientologist, John Travolta, and tried to clear up misconceptions about his religion's guidelines on prescription drugs.